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We all know the stories. The legendary Dave Matthews, a lowly Miller's bartender turned international star. A rough 'n' tumble UVA band named Sparky's Flaw attracted the attention of local music...

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PHOTO BY TOM DALY
I am a life-long Charlottesville resident, and while this town has nurtured my love of history, architecture, and entertainment, only one building merges my interest in all...

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"I tried to stay positive," says Justin Sexton, a Fluvanna County High School senior who was suspended for a year when school administrators searched his pick-up truck and discovered a friend's...

53 commentsPeter Chang's food has created a frenzy among foodies. PHOTO BY JEN FARIELLO
Last fall, word that a famous Szechuan chef had quietly set up in Charlottesville had foodies salivating. There was a...

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Charlottesville has always boasted a healthy community of interested cultural connoisseurs and their events: the Virginia Festival of the Book, the...

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To Albemarle Public Schools technology chief Luvelle Brown, the iPod Touchs he introduced in classrooms two years ago aren't just music players. They're...

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Tracy Foster knows there are people who believe Colby Eppard got what he deserved. Her response: "If it was their kid, how would they feel?"PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER
These are the approximate...

258 commentsThe new issue hits newsstands Wednesday afternoon. HOOK GRAPHIC
"There may be something like horse hair on the body, which would mean that she got there by horseback," offered a private investigator...

419 commentsThe missing Morgan poster and the main house at Anchorage Farm where a body was found. VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT HISTORIC RESOURCES;
After all the rain and high winds in recent days, 68-year-old North...

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The rich are different from you and me. So are their houses, and how their houses are bought and sold.
Even in a stagnant real estate market where the most action is in the under-$300K range...

27 comments“In my opinion, there is compelling evidence to support a lawsuit against Mr. Van der Linde,” said City Councilor David Brown, who serves on the RSWA Board.
FILE PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER
It appeared to...

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Jack Dougherty, left, and a friend watch a car negotiate an all-white curve on Ivy Depot Road on Sunday, December 27– more than a week after the snow stopped falling.
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If...

17 commentsThomas Jefferson measured 36 inches of snow in 1772.
PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER
It's official: The snowfall that began wreaking havoc on Charlottesville and Albemarle County December 18-19 measures 20.5...

12 commentsThe November 10 protest that brought the Americans for Prosperity bus and a counter-protest by health reform supporters may have been the tipping point for Glass Building tenants.PHOTO BY LISA...

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Have we bottomed out yet?
Bankers say yay; job seekers say nay. For the most part, Charlottesville escaped the massive layoffs faced in places like neighboring Waynesboro, but then, we didn'...

23 comments"It was not a 100 percent victory," says Danielson's attorney, Connor Crook.
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"The truth is out there," said the lawyer fighting for a right to re-file the high-profile hotel...

16 commentsMinor and Danielson during happier times at the groundbreaking of the Landmark.
FILE PHOTO BY JAY KUHLMANN
Lawyers for formerly entwined hotel-makers Halsey Minor and Lee Danielson will be in court...

606 commentsVarious witnesses reported awkward encounters with a blonde woman near the Arena.
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Amid a new police report that the woman who disappeared during the October 17 Metallica...

55 commentsAcross from Bayly Drive on Rugby Road, an alert motorist steers away from the chase.
PHOTO BY CHARLOTTESVILLE P.D.
There has been an arrest in the infamous case of a chase that resulted in a stolen...

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In the 1970s, John Waters was the bad boy of fringe filmmaking with his cult-classic, X-rated Pink Flamingos. Flash forward more than 30 years, and he's the guest of honor at Mr....